Written by
Dr. Bernie Jones

Based in Oxfordshire, Bernie works on a number of projects in the science-policy development communications field. He was formerly Media Programme Director of Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA) project. He has extensive experience of working with international academies of science, as Head of International Policy at the Royal Society, Executive Director of EASAC, and interim Executive Director of the InterAcademy Panel and InterAcademy Medical Panel.

Smart cities are on everyone’s lips. This development is understandable given that the last decade saw the momentous point in the history of our planet when more people lived in cities than in the countryside. Ever more people around the...